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To add from yesterday’s post, here’s a picture of Jess accepting their award!

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We want to give a HUGE shout out to Jess Perry-Martin, a high school Advanced Visual Arts Teacher @ ArTES -- Arts, Theatre, Entertainment School in San Fernando, CA!

Earlier this year, Jess was selected for our Teaching and Learning Exchange Program, a no-cost online space dedicated to curating innovative, dynamic and evidence-based resources for students. Last month, Jess presented her Teaching and Learning Exchange education solution titled "Mock Trial Courtroom Illustrators," which integrates visual arts, world history, and English into one interactive and engaging lesson plan for students, at the California Art Education Association (CAEA) Conference and was awarded the Outstanding Visual Art Educator Award for the state!

Here are pictures of attendees at the conference and a student sample from the lesson plan. To read the Mock Trial lesson plan, visit our educationsolutions.net website. Congratulations once again, Jess!

We want to give a HUGE shout out to Jess Perry-Martin, a high school Advanced Visual Arts Teacher @ ArTES -- Arts, Theatre, Entertainment School in San Fernando, CA!

Earlier this year, Jess was selected for our Teaching and Learning Exchange Program, a no-cost online space dedicated to curating innovative, dynamic and evidence-based resources for students.
 
Last month, Jess presented her Teaching and Learning Exchange education solution titled "Mock Trial Courtroom Illustrators," which integrates visual arts, world history, and English into one interactive and engaging lesson plan for students, at the California Art Education Association (CAEA) Conference and was awarded the Outstanding Visual Art Educator Award for the state!

Here are pictures of attendees at the conference and a student sample from the lesson plan. Congratulations once again, Jess!
 
To read the Mock Trial lesson plan, visit our educationsolutions.net website.

Coming soon! In collaboration with USC Rossier's Professor Erika Patall and GoGuardian, Center EDGE is co-authoring the 2022-2023 "State of Engagement" Report, which will provide educators, leaders and families with valuable insights on student engagement and learning in the classroom. The report will be available in early spring 2023. For now, visit our Linktree to read the 2021-2022 Report!

In honor of held this week, we want to highlight the newest cohort of our Accelerator program. Swipe right to learn more about Cohort 5!

We are looking for a motivated administrative professional who gets energized by providing support in key administrative functions, working with a small, but dedicated team and a professional who loves to problem-solve and interact with people through kind and solid customer service. Job post is in our Linktree. Please share with your networks!

We are looking for a motivated administrative professional who gets energized by providing support in key administrative functions, working with a small, but dedicated team and a professional who loves to problem-solve and interact with people through kind and solid customer service. Job post is in our Linktree. Share with your networks!

Join us on November 9 at 3PM for the opening of USC's Shoah Foundation's new Visual History Archive (VHA)! Created as a means of connecting the public with over 55,000 testimonies of Holocaust and genocide survivors and witnesses, the opening will be followed with remarks by USC President, Carol Folt, and Finci-Viterbi Executive Director, Dr. Robert Williams. Admission is free but RSVP is required. Visit our Linktree for more information and to RSVP!

Thank you to our friends at Alliance College-Ready Public Schools () for the opportunity to host their alumni (now USC undergraduates) for ! Our founding director, Alan Arkatov, had a blast engaging in conversation and getting to know such an impressive group of .

Did you know that women of color only make up 4% of C-suite level leaders, as found by McKinsey & Company's 2021 Women in the Workplace study? With 80% of founders in our Accelerator identifying as BIPOC or women, Center EDGE aims to address this lack of representation and empower women of color; our Accelerator helps organizations grow to scale by providing legal and business expertise for free --- details on our newest cohort soon to follow 😉 Swipe to see two organizations from our most recent cohort!

This past weekend, LA Promise Fund's Black College Success (BCS) Initiative brought dozens of 12th grade students from South Los Angeles to USC where they worked on their college essays and toured campus. Rossier's Center EDGE was happy to support the BCS team by coordinating some of the logistics to help make their visit a welcoming and positive experience. Thank you to our friends at the USC Admission Office () and USC Financial Aid Office for the publication materials and especially to our USC student volunteers who helped provide campus tours!

We encourage you to attend the important events offered by our partners at USC Rossier Office for Equity & Community Engagement. Rossier’s Dean, Dr. Pedro Noguera, Dean will be speaking at both events! The "Systems on the Move Equity Collaborative" seeks to promote leaders’ capacity for leading coherence for equitable student outcomes. The "Campus Threat Assessment Symposium" is a free event for educators who wish to develop their threat assessment skills! Visit our Linktree to access the registration links.

Although no holiday alone is sufficient in addressing the damage that has been done to Native communities everywhere, Center EDGE proudly recognizes and celebrates . In honor of Indigenous Peoples Day we would like to share a tool called "Native Land Digital" where you can input your address and see what Native lands you currently reside on so you can learn more about it and its inhabitants. It's linked in our LinkTree.